The emperor of all maladies : a biography of cancer / Siddhartha Mukherjee.

Authors:

Mukherjee, Siddhartha.

Call number:

616.994 MUK

Publisher:

New York : Scribner, c2010.

Publication date:

c2010.

Subject:

Cancer -- History.
Leukemia -- History.

Title:

The emperor of all maladies : a biography of cancer / Siddhartha Mukherjee.

Edition:

1st Scribner hardcover ed.

Physical description:

xiv, 571 p., [8] p. of plates : ill. ; 25 cm.

Contents note:

"Of blacke cholor, without boyling" -- An impatient war -- "Will you turn me out if I can't get better?" -- Prevention is the cure -- "A distorted version of our normal selves" -- The fruits of long endeavors -- Atossa's war.

Summary note:

A magnificently written "biography" of cancer--from its origins to the epic battle to cure, control, and conquer it.